Papers of Torbern Bergman, 1779-1806.

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Papers of Torbern Bergman, 1779-1806.

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The collection is comprised of Bergman's translated autobiography, thirteen letters and two notes. All of the correspondence is addressed to Louis Bernard, baron Guyton de Morveau (1737-1816), and the majority were penned by Bergman. Other authors in the collection include Johan Gadolin (1760-1852), Johan Georg Ludvig Manthey (1769-1842), and Guyton de Morveau, who authored both notes in the collection and added comments within the body of several letters. Issues discussed within the correspondence include metallurgy, the phlogistic theory of combustion and the field of scientific nomenclature. Scientists discussed within the correspondence include Lorenz Florenz Friedrich Von Crell; Cit. (Barthelemy) Faujas-De-St.-Fond; Pierre Clement Grignon; Richard Kirwan; Antoine Laurent Lavoisier; Joseph Priestly; Sven Rinman; Jean Baptiste Louis de Rome de L'Isle; Francois Rozier; Carl Wilhelm Scheele; and Christian Ehrenfried Von Weigel.

16 pieces.1 box.

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Crell, Lorenz Florenz Friedrich von, 1744-1816

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Crell edited the first chemical journal in Germany, Chemische Journal (1788), renamed Chem. Annalen in 1784. This ceased publication in 1804. Crell wrote many articles for this journal. From the description of Articles about the acid of borax, [ca. 1799?], n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 191734912 ...

Weigel, Christian Ehrenfried, 1748-1831

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Rinman, Sven, 1720-1792

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Rozier, François, 1734-1793

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Guyton de Morveau, Louis-Bernard, 1737-1816

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French chemist, remembered chiefly for reforming chemical nomenclature. From the description of Letters to Guyton de Morveau, 13 and 17 March 1792. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64054604 Epithet: French scientist Title: Baron British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001189.0x0003e2 ...

Scheele, Carl-Wilhelm 1742-1786

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Lavoisier, Antoine-Laurent, 1743-1794

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French chemist and government administrator, considered the founder of modern chemistry. From the description of Géographie minéralogique de la France / [par] Lavoisier et Guettard, 177-? (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123487897 From the description of Géographie minéralogique de la France / [par] Lavoisier et Guettard, 177-? (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63938887 En 1775, Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier (1743-1794) fut nommé régisseur des poudr...

Bergman, Torbern, 1735-1784

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Torbern Bergman (1735-1784) was a Swedish scientist whose life work impacted the fields of chemistry, mineralogy, entomology, astronomy, physics and geography. From the description of Papers of Torbern Bergman, 1779-1806. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129591 ...

Romé de L'Isle, Jean-Baptiste Louis de, 1736-1790

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Priestly, Joseph, 1733-1804.

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Gadolin, Johan, 1760-1852

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Kirwan, Richard, 1733-1812

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Faujas-de-St. -Fond, cit. (Barthélemy), 1741-1819

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French geologist and traveller. Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond was appointed assistant naturalist to the Muséum d'histoire naturelle by Louis XVI, and became the first professor of geology at the Jardin des Plantes in 1793. He had a close connection with the Freycinet family and was a friend of Sir Joseph Banks. From the description of Letter of Barthélemy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond written to Louis de Freycinet, St. Fond, Montélimar, 1804 June 11 [manuscript]. [1804] (Libraries Austr...

Grignon, Pierre-Clément, 1723-1784

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Geologist and antiquarian. From the description of Letter to Turgot, 1775 March 17. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82911824 ...

Manthey, Johan Georg Ludvig, 1769-1842

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